Enhancement req. on Column Mode

[Paul Ljungqvist]

Column mode is very useful.
But there is one thing that is missing, in my oppinion.
That is to column insert between charcters.

Say you have a column of data, and need to insert between 5 and 6:

12345|67890
12345|67890
12345|67890
12345|67890

If it was possible to make a column selection as my pipe char above show, and then enter you text, it would be very helpful.
As for what I know, it is not possible in 7.1.5.

 

[D.]

Hi Paul,

There's a neat plugin to do just this called "ColumnEdit" from Patrick Barel.

Don't you just love the way this product is so customizable :grin:

Cheers,
D.

 

[Paul Ljungqvist]

That plugin does not do what I request.

 

[WexSoft]

Hi Paul

I use column editing quite a bit. I have to say, from your description above, I believe that the Column Edit plugin can do what you require.

If we take the example of these 5 lines:

123456789
123456789
123456789
123456789
123456789

If you want to put a space between characters 5 and 6 on each of the 5 lines, use the Alt key and mouse select to select the column containing the 6 character. Then select Edit\Selection\Column Edit(add), type a space in the dialogue that opens, click the green tick button on the dialogue and the space should be inserted i.e.

12345 6789
12345 6789
12345 6789
12345 6789
12345 6789

Is this not what you were looking for?

Best regards

Billy

 

[patch]

I have created an animated gif to display the way ColumnEdit works:

Kindest regards,
Patrick Barel

 

[Paul Ljungqvist]

Exclent and pedagogic!